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H2020Individual fellowship2016–2018

REINVENT · Re-inventory-ing Heritage: Exploring the potential of public participation GIS to capture heritage values and dissonance

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2016-09-01 → 2018-08-31
EU contribution
€175,866
Participants
1
Scheme
MSCA-IF

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Results in brief

Re-inventory-ing Heritage: Exploring the potential of public participation GIS to capture heritage values and dissonance

REINVENT critically addressed challenges pertaining to the management of heritage in contested cross-border contexts, with emphasis on the cultural landscape of North West Ireland centred on the city of Derry~Londonderry. In particular, the project sought to implement a GIS-based public participatory mapping methodology to capture the diverse values ascribed to cultural heritage by a range of communities at multiple spatial scales. The project rationale stemmed from recognition of the multivalent and frequently contested nature of cultural heritage, the critical importance of elaborating participatory mechanisms to accommodate a plurality of heritage values, and the innovative capacity of digital mapping technology to integrate, visualise and monitor change in values over time. Successfully embedding knowledge of such strategies and digital tools within local spatial planning and cultural heritage management networks ultimately enables better-informed decision-making and facilitates the mediation of contestation over heritage.

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Project objective

This research critically addresses the challenges pertaining to the management of cultural heritage in contested cross-border contexts in Europe. The cultural landscape of Derry~Londonderry, located in the North West of Ireland, provides the lens through which expressions of heritage values and dissonance, participatory practices in cultural heritage management, and the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to mapping heritage a cross-border basis, are explored. The interdisciplinary research will result in the first cross-border ‘cultural heritage atlas’ on the island of Ireland, and the development of a public participation GIS (PPGIS) methodology and tool aimed at capturing the plurality of heritage values ascribed by diverse communities at multiple spatial scales. The knowledge generated will be embedded within local cultural heritage management and spatial planning networks and will also inform policies and practices. The proposed training-through-research will significantly enhance my skills and competencies as an experienced researcher, advancing previous cutting-edge work on heritage values and cross-border spatial planning, and equipping me with a range of new research methods, particularly ICT- and public participation-related, that are central to future innovation in cultural heritage management in Europe. Maynooth University, given the quality of the supervisory arrangements and the location of several research resources actively engaged in cross-border cooperation, provides an optimal setting for this research and for progressing to the next stage of my research career.

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Participants

  • NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH · MaynoothCoordinatorIreland

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union